For Whom the Belle Tolls

As Lily and Sharkie debate what name to give the house, Bel knocks at the door. Seeing his battered state, Lily and Sharkie immediately set about taking care of him. As Lily draws him to the bathroom for a shower, he explains how he lost soldiers, people he knew personally, and Lily comforts him. She leaves him, and Sharkie builds a blanket fort while they wait for him. After his shower, they all cuddle up under the blanket fort and read The Hobbit. Lily feels at home with her family.

When Lily brings Sharkie to school later on, she notices that Sharkie has grown—a sure sign that her emotional trauma is being addressed. Sharkie happily rejoices with the demons by the gate when Lily spies a mortal soul trying to escape. He entreats her to help him escape Hell, but a quick glance at his file tells her he is a domestic abuser, and she refuses to help him. After settling the complaints of another soul, she and Sharkie measure her growing progress on a wall in the breakroom. They talk about Lily’s former lives, during which she died young and small.